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DRESS SUPPORTING STEEL.

No. 364.272. Patented June 7, 1887.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. MARSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-SUPPORTING STEEL.

.BPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,272, dated June 7, 1887.

Ap, lication filed February 24, 1887. Serial No. 228,650.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. MARSH, of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dress-Steels, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

It is awell-known fact that dress-steels now in use are so made that their ends often push through the material of the dress, and the elastic straps, which are attached to the steels by eyelets for the purpose of adjustment, are soon cut off bythe edge ofthe eyelet or by the end of thesteel over whichthey are stretched while in use.

The object of my invention is to construct a dress-steel which will overcomethe above ob jections; and it consists of a steel each end of which is provided with a leather loop and means for adjusting itto any desired position- Figure 1 is a plan view showing the steel in the shape in which it is used; and Fig. 2 is a side View thereof, showing the end capped with a loop.

A is the steel, covered with suitable mate- (No model.)

rial,and provided with holes B for securing it to the dress.

At each end of the steel is placed loops 0, of leather or other suitable material, which is attached thereto by means of eyelet D, and serves as a shield. Through theloop C at one end of the steel is run an elastic cord, E,wl1ich is also run through the loop 0 at the other end,and (when the steel is bowed to the proper position) is tied upon itself, as shown in Fig.1.

It will readily be seen that this steel is simple in construction, capable of adjustment at any desired position, not easy to get out of order, and durable.

What I claim is- A dress-steel consisting of a flat spring provided with a leather cap-loop at each end thereof and an elastic cord which passes through the loops and tiesnpon itself, substantially as shown and described.

FRANK r. MARSH.

\Vi t nesses:

.J. H. GOODBODY, JOHN H. NEWMAN. 

